Ciro Immobile Quotes

It's not always about reach, it's about footwork, it's being fast, in and out, stuff like that.

The tag that I was too small and too slow just made me work that much harder. Besides, quickness is more important than flat-out speed. How often does a receiver run 40 yards straight down the field? Not very often. Lateral speed is what counts. How quickly can you get in and out of a cut? I can do that as well as anyone.

My speed is something that has made a difference to my whole career. When I've felt quick and I'm moving well, it makes a huge difference to my entire game. When I feel a bit slower, I end up doing a lot more defending. When I'm a bit quicker to the ball, I feel I can attack a lot more.

When I play, I like to use my pace and to link up with my team-mates.

I have a speed, and I have to use it when I play against someone who gives you the space.

Germany are a tough opponent. They are quick and break on the counter at speed, and they are bursting with confidence.

I'm not the fastest guy, but when it comes to agility, getting in and out of cuts and seeing something and going to get it, I do my best to make sure that's on point.

I'm very fast.

It's easier to pick off a fast runner than to pick off a lazy runner.

A good football team plays offense and defense. You have to be aggressive and disrupt.

Quickness is the essence of the war.

Speed is a great asset; but it's greater when it's combined with quickness - and there's a big difference.

Rashford's pace is incredible. You don't catch him when he breaks away.

Obviously, not the biggest guy in stature. Straight-line speed wasn't my forte either. But I play very fast because I know the game. I take proper angles and know all my assignments.

I think when you're running through a hole and you're hit in certain, different ways, you have to be able to move and change and make people miss.

Football is like boxing because you have to know when it is time to attack.

In Germany, my focus was mainly on dribbling.

I see myself as a pretty mobile big man.

I run my routes like a crossover dribble. It's about taking angles, faking one way but going the other, and being savvy. And then, instead of running to the basket, I'm running away from the defender.

I know that if something isn't open down field I can take advantage of my legs and make a play.

Speed has always been there in college football.

If there's one thing that fans like to see, it's a player who can run at full speed towards the goal.

It's good to have different ways to break opponents down, and speed is a big part of my game.

In attack, I can play in every position.

I learned how to defend the ball with my body and to be faster than my opponents.